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as in to elevate
to assign a high status or value to
a movie that aggrandizes the bad guys and makes the cops look like dopes
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as in to increase
to make greater in size, amount, or number
a generous grant, enabling the library to significantly aggrandize its collection
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Recent Examples of aggrandize
Dennie’s book is best read as a critique of a court that seems hellbent on aggrandizing its own unaccountable power to decide partisan issues at the expense of the other branches of government and the American people.
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Kenneth W. MacK, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
The Supreme Court, in eviscerating decades of administrative law, running roughshod over women’s privacy rights and impeding the federal government’s power to regulate securities law, has aggrandized more power to itself than any court in history.
—Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
The project of applying modern standards to our forebears to aggrandize ourselves has also taken aim at some of the giants of Western political history.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
And there have been numerous biographies published since his death in 2018, some aggrandizing, some clear-eyed.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
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Kenneth W. MacK, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
The Supreme Court, in eviscerating decades of administrative law, running roughshod over women’s privacy rights and impeding the federal government’s power to regulate securities law, has aggrandized more power to itself than any court in history.
—Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
The project of applying modern standards to our forebears to aggrandize ourselves has also taken aim at some of the giants of Western political history.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
And there have been numerous biographies published since his death in 2018, some aggrandizing, some clear-eyed.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrandize
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Naomi has been elevated as a villain for the first time in nearly a decade while her tremendous heel work has also helped Cargill become one of WWE’s most popular stars.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Yes, the basic stuff works—the same way scrubbing down with a boring bar soap will get the dirt off your skin—but life is short, so why not elevate your routine?—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
18 Apr. 2025
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If elected, what would your top 3 policy priorities be? (1) Infrastructure in forms of roads and increased police and fire due to the growing population.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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What Murray did in the second half was increase his aggression off the dribble.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Infielder David Villar was promoted from Triple-A Sacramento to take his place.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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While the lack of ventilation can provide just the opposite effect, keeping the shower curtain closed promotes a more even drying process for the liner.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025
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For 2024, the list was expanded to 450 companies and looked at their emissions between 2020 and 2022.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Read: The Last of Us and the power of video games One of the best things about the TV adaptation has been its ability to expand past the limits of the game’s storytelling.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Apr. 2025
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Even then—before the rest of the world went AI-crazy—the CEO of Google DeepMind had a stark warning about the accelerating pace of AI progress.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
27 Apr. 2025
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This topic has been brewing for a while, and was accelerated by the injury conversation.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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The most successful implementations use technology to augment human capabilities, providing tools that help people work more efficiently rather than avoiding challenges altogether.—
AJ Bubb,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Brynjolfsson, in his Daedalus article, suggested changing the tax system to give businesses more incentive to invest in technology that augments labor rather than replaces it.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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In 2022, a consortium of private retirement-plan providers announced a collaboration to boost the portability of small retirement accounts.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Software developers will rely on the Switch 2 to boost their game sales, and analysts view the console as a bellwether for the video game industry.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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